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In the Footsteps of the Flock

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Parsha Pearls

1. Bereishis 5767
   So What If the Nations Call Us Robbers?
2. Bereishis 5769
   The Satanic Redemption
3. Noach 5766
   When the Righteous Fail to Rebuke
4. Noach 5767
   G-d Speaks to Us Through Current Events
5. Noach 5768
   Accepting the Decree of the King
6. Noach 5769
   Not For Us to Avenge
7. Lech Lecha 5766
   Lot: The First Zionist
8. Lech Lecha 5768
   We Have No Other Desire But You
9. Lech Lecha 5769
   Efes Biltecha Goaleinu
10. Vayeira 5766
    There Were No Protests in Sodom
11. Vayeira 5768
    Faith Despite Our Many Questions
12. Vayeira 5769
    Obedience, Not Logic
13. Vayeira 5770
    Avraham's Test and Our Test
14. Chayei Sarah 5766
    Taking Money From the Wicked
15. Chayei Sarah 5768
    Did the Land Belong to Avraham?
16. Chayei Sarah 5769
    When the Unholy Has a Holy Name
17. Chayei Sarah 5770
    When the Wicked Make Concessions
18. Toldos 5766
    Living Under the Zionist State
19. Toldos 5768
    The Worst Zionists are the Religious Zionists
20. Toldos 5769
    Yitzchok Loved Esav
21. Toldos 5770
    Don't Pray Too Much
22. Vayeitzei 5766
    Not Letting the Wicked Build Us
23. Vayeitzei 5768
    There are Some Things We Don't Even Joke About
24. Vayeitzei 5770
    "Zionists" Against Zionism
25. Vayishlach 5766
    Never Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
26. Vayishlach 5768
    The Satan Calls Himself "Israel"
27. Vayishlach 5769
    Another Reason for the Diaspora
28. Vayishlach 5770
    Bow Your Head to the Wave
29. Vayeishev 5766
    A Sin for the Sake of Heaven
30. Vayeishev 5768
    Who Will Support My Children?
31. Chanukah 5769
    The Dangers of Blind Faith
32. Chanukah 5770
    No Compromise
33. Mikeitz 5766
    Light the Menorah, Don't Fight a War
34. Chanukah 5768
    Don't Be a Closet Anti-Zionist
35. Mikeitz 5769
    Moshiach Ben Yosef
36. Vayigash 5766
    The Holy Tongue or Modern Hebrew?
37. Vayigash 5768
    Don't Straddle Both Sides of the Fence
38. Vayigash 5770
    Zionists Endanger the Jewish People
39. Vayechi 5766
    The Zionists Are Nourished From the Yeshivos
40. Vayechi 5768
    Jews Have No Authority During Exile
41. Vayechi 5769
    Let Us Gather Together
42. Vayechi 5770
    The Comfortable Exile
43. Shemos 5766
    The Meaning of Vayoel Moshe
44. Shemos 5768
    Exile Means Subservience to G-d
45. Shemos 5769
    The Wicked Son
46. Shemos 5770
    Redemption Will Not Begin With the Help of Nations
47. Vaeira 5766
    Why Did the Fish Have to Suffer?
48. Vaeira 5768
    The Lesson of the Hamotzi Blessing
49. Va'eira 5769
    Don't Antagonize the Nations in Exile
50. Shabbos Rosh Chodesh 5770
    Zion Shall Give Birth to Her Children
51. Bo 5766
    Natruna Means Waiting Patiently
52. Bo 5768
    Don't Come In Unless You're Invited
53. Bo 5769
    Purifying the Fiftieth Gate
54. Bo 5770
    The Difference Between the Exodus and the Future Redemption
55. Beshalach 5766
    The Zionist Leaders are Amalek
56. Beshalach 5768
    Religious MKs Lend Legimitacy to the Government
57. Beshalach 5769
    Judaism Versus Idolatry
58. Beshalach 5770
    Leaving Egyptian Exile Early
59. Yisro 5766
    One Must Have a Rebbe
60. Yisro 5768
    Don't Be a Blind Follower
61. Yisro 5769
    The Danger of Heretical Thoughts
62. Yisro 5770
    Make Clear What You're Protesting Against
63. Mishpatim 5766
    It's Our Vote that Counts in Heaven!
64. Mishpatim 5768
    The Insane Call the Sane Insane
65. Mishpatim 5769
    The Meaning of the Sapphire Brick
66. Mishpatim 5770
    When We Don't Follow a Majority
67. Terumah 5766
    I Am the Real King Solomon!
68. Terumah 5768
    Building the Temple Without Moshiach
69. Terumah 5770
    Heretics Destroy the Temple
70. Tetzaveh 5768
    Fighting a Defensive War
71. Ki Sisa 5766
    For Whom Were the Tablets Brought Down?
72. Ki Sisa 5768
    Take Off Your Crowns!
73. Ki Sisa 5770
    What Makes the Holy Tongue Holy?
74. Vayakhel/Pekudei 5766
    Every Jew Must Fight Heretics
75. Vayakhel 5768
    The Zionists Are Like Titus in the Temple
76. Vayakhel 5769
    Building the Temple Before Moshiach
77. Vayakhel / Pekudei 5770
    Shlomo's Admittance to Olam Haba
78. Pekudei 5768
    A Wake-up Call to Separate from the Wicked
79. Purim 5766
    Be Killed Rather Than Violate the Oaths
80. Purim 5768
    They Can't Admit Eretz Yisroel is a Dangerous Place
81. Purim 5769
    He Who Creates Danger and Then Saves You From It
82. Purim 5770
    Following Daas Torah
83. Vayikra 5766
    A Jewish Heretic is Worse Than a Gentile
84. Vayikra 5768
    A Torah Scholar Must be Perceptive
85. Vayikra 5770
    Yishuv Eretz Yisroel: Obligation or Permission?
86. Tzav / Pesach 5766
    Eretz Yisroel is a Dangerous Place
87. Pesach 5766
    Brisker Rav and Chazon Ish on the Oaths
88. Pesach 5768
    When Excessive Prayer Becomes Permitted
89. Shmini / Parah 5768
    Why the Sages Encouraged Buying Land in Eretz Yisroel
90. Pesach 5770
    Two Reasons Why We Eat Matzo
91. Shemini 5770
    Making Fun of Avodah Zarah
92. Tazria/Sefiras Haomer 5766
    Our Sages' Attitude to Ben Koziva
93. Sefiras Haomer 5768
    What War Will Moshiach Fight?
94. Tazria 5768
    Why is Eliyahu Called the Angel of the Bris?
95. Tazria/Metzora 5770
    The White Flag Demonstration
96. Acharei Mos/Kedoshim 5766
    When Lashon Hara is a Good Thing
97. Acharei Mos 5768
    G-d Wishes They Could Stay, But...
98. Acharei Mos/Kedoshim 5770
    Worship of Molech and Hashem
99. Kedoshim 5768
    Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Condemned the Wicked
100. Emor 5766
     Why the Chofetz Chaim Stressed Kodashim
101. Emor 5769
     Chillul Hashem or Kiddush Hashem
102. Emor 5770
     The Non-Zionist Turkey Prince
103. Behar / Bechukosai 5766
     Giving Up the State Saves Lives
104. Behar 5768
     Can Living in the Zionist State Be Considered Exile?
105. Behar/Bechukosai 5770
     Eretz Yisroel Prefers Gentile Rule
106. Bechukosai 5768
     The Sin of Questioning the Need for Exile
107. Behar/Bechukosai 5769
     The Desolate Land
108. Bamidbar 5766
     G-d Filters Out the Wicked
109. Bamidbar 5768
     Peaceful Efforts Toward Redemption
110. Bamidbar 5769
     When Silence is a Sin
111. Shavuos 5766
     The Severity of an Oath
112. Shavuos 5769
     The Danger of the Zionist Language
113. Shavuos 5770
     Living in the Holy Land During Exile
114. Naso 5766
     Are the Oaths Interdependent?
115. Naso 5768
     Who Said the Oaths are Interdependent?
116. Naso 5769
     Zionism and Sabbateanism
117. Behaaloscha 5766
     The Exile of Yishmael
118. Behaaloscha 5768
     Don't Ask For Unnecessary Miracles
119. Behaaloscha 5769
     Why Couldn't Moshe Make the Menorah?
120. Behaaloscha 5770
     If We Join Them, They Will Be the Winners
121. Shlach 5766
     The Zionists' Success Was Predicted
122. Shlach 5768
     Zionism: Fact or Opinion?
123. Shlach 5769
     Hashem Does Not Desire Our Wars
124. Shlach 5770
     The Hebron Massacre and Its Lesson
125. Korach 5766
     Not Just Anyone Can Interpret the Torah
126. Korach 5768
     When the Wicked Do Mitzvos
127. Korach 5769
     No Peace for the Wicked
128. Korach 5770
     Not Even a Needle
129. Chukas/Balak 5766
     Not Praying Too Much
130. Chukas 5768
     Do Not Fight With the Nations
131. Chukas 5770
     Protesting for Hashem's Honor
132. Balak 5768
     Natural, But Only With Moshiach
133. Chukas/Balak 5769
     What Pinchas Foresaw
134. Pinchas 5766
     But Chassidim Daven Late!
135. Pinchas 5768
     The Zealot Saves Everyone
136. Pinchas 5769
     What to Do When the Rabbi Doesn't Answer
137. Balak 5770
     Just Say No to the Army
138. Matos/Masei 5766
     The Ramban Does Not Advocate Conquest
139. Matos 5768
     Is it a mitzvah or a sin?
140. Pinchas 5770
     Pinchas and Yirmiyahu
141. Masei 5768
     Only with a Prophetic Command
142. Matos/Masei 5769
     Fruits of Eretz Yisroel During Exile
143. Matos/Masei 5770
     Basing Sins on the Torah
144. Devarim 5766
     What Should We Pray During a War?
145. Devarim 5768
     Mass Immigration
146. Devarim 5769
     Stopping the Spread of Heresy
147. Devarim 5770
     The Power of the Holy Tongue
148. Vaeschanan 5766
     The Right Way to Consult a Rabbi
149. Vaeschanan 5768
     Don't Break in Like a Burglar!
150. Vaeschanan 5769
     Selling Land and Giving Up Sovereignty
151. Vaeschanan 5770
     No Strategies or Diplomacy
152. Eikev 5766
     G-d Does Not Accept Bribes
153. Eikev 5768
     Sleeping in Exile
154. Eikev 5769
     The Order of Shmoneh Esrei
155. Re'eh 5766
     The False Prophet's Miracle
156. Re'eh 5769
     Like Deer and Hinds
157. Shoftim 5766
     The Difference Between Achav and Herod
158. Shoftim 5767
     We Don't Want an Announced Redemption
159. Shoftim 5769
     Honoring the Government
160. Ki Seitzei 5766
     Staying Far from Danger
161. Ki Seitzei 5767
     Pleasure from a Heretic's Torah
162. Ki Seitzei 5769
     Avshalom Was a Zionist
163. Ki Savo 5766
     We Accepted the Three Oaths at Sinai
164. Ki Savo 5767
     We Will Not Be Redeemed by Humans
165. Ki Savo 5769
     Yosef Mokir Shabbos
166. Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5766
     Not Like the Redemption Under Cyrus
167. Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5767
     G-d Favors the Underdog
168. Nitzavim/Vayeilech 5769
     Those Who Seek to Avoid Exile
169. Rosh Hashanah 5767
     No Redemption Without Repentance
170. Rosh Hashanah 5768
     Avraham - Not Iyov - Gave Honor to G-d
171. Haazinu 5770
     Don't Sit With Your Hands Folded!
172. Haazinu 5767
     Zionism is Idolatry
173. Yom Kippur 5768
     Why Hungarian Rabbis Didn't Join Agudah
174. Succos / Vezos Habracha 5767
     Loyalty to the Government
175. Succos 5768
     Israel Will Never Again Arise On Her Own